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Strong quake jolts NWFP, Punjab cities January 04, 2009 PESHAWAR: Tremors have jolted NWFP, Punjab and Tribal areas including Islamabad, Peshawar, Chitral, Lahore, FATA, Azad Kashmir, Abottabad, Rawalpindi, Mansehra, Geo T.V reported on early Sunday. The quake magnitude was reportedly...

UN Envoy commends Pakistani peacekeepers for security and humanitarian work in Liberia 18 Dec 2008 UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 18 (APP): UN Envoy Ellen Margrethe has praised the role of Pakistani peacekeepers in Liberia in the maintenance of peace and security in the African country and for...

Amnesty International slams Indian anti-terror law 19 Dec 2008 NEW DELHI (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday slammed India's new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying it violates international human rights treaties. The London-based...

UN committee meeting ends, no new name on terrorists list December 18, 2008 NEW YORK: United Nations held meeting of its Security Council’s Taliban and Al-Qaeda committee here on Thursday. The meeting was held to ponder on the inclusion of more terrorists on its terrorist list however...

Thousands rally against US, NATO in NW Pakistan 18 Dec 2008 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Thousands of protesters rallied in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, demanding that Islamabad end its logistical support for US and NATO troops in Afghanistan. The crowd of...

Scientists say they have found a hole in Earth's magnetic field Dec 16, 2008 By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Recent satellite observations have revealed the largest breach yet seen in the magnetic field that protects Earth from most of the sun's violent blasts. Researchers...

Xtravo Explorer - the very first web browser by a Pakistani teenager December 15, 2008 KARACHI : The country's first ever web browser with numerous new options called 'Xtravo Explorer' powered by Internet Explorer runs for information and images faster than the world's all existing such...

US policy debate asks Obama to broaden engagement for Pakistan’s stability WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (APP): President-elect Barack Obama should forge a wide-ranging engagement towards Pakistan for the key South Asian country’s long-term stability, a former top US defense official, currently...

US arms sales booming December 12, 2008 WASHINGTON: The U.S. arms trade is booming sales reached $32 billion last year _ and more than half of the purchasers in the developing world are either undemocratic governments or regimes that engaged in human rights abuses, a private think tank...

Jahangir Khan to be made Olympic Museum ‘hero’ 12 Dec 2008 KARACHI: Pakistan’s squash great Jahangir Khan has been selected for an exhibition programme titled ‘Heroes’ which will be presented at the Olympic Museum to be held in Switzerland from March 26 to September 6, according to APP...

Pakistan ranks 34th in WEF’s Financial Development Report 12 Dec 2008 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked 34 out of 52 countries in the World Economic Forum's first Financial Development Report, which was released in Pakistan through the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) Thursday. The...

Iran refused Indian Air Force aircraft to fly over its territory NEW DELHI, Dec. 11 (APP): India disclosed on Thursday that Iran did not allow fighter jets of Indian Air force to fly over its territory on way to the United States for taking part in the Red Flag air-combat exercise in...

CIA ‘lied’ over fatal attack on missionary plane Times UK 7 Dec 2008 FOR Jim and Veronica Bowers and their two small children, the flight up the Amazon in a single-engined Cessna float plane should have been a routine return to the remote house-boat where the family lived during missionary...

Lessons From Mumbai 26/11 9 Dec 2008 Tehelka Media The recent horrendous terror attacks in Mumbai are obviously totally atrocious. They have woken up our elite citizenry of Mumbai and the country to the dangers of terrorism as nothing ever has. There have been many terror attacks in...

FBI was told to blame Anthrax scare on Al Qaeda by White House officials WASHINGTON - In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that...

The lamb busters... Nato investigates claim that US pilots 'massacred sheep' 7 Dec 2007 NATO is investigating claims that scores of sheep were massacred by American Apache helicopters after being mistaken for Taliban fighters.:rofl: Nomad farmers in Laghman province, eastern...

Why Israel Isn’t Angry ? Dec 3, 2008 Newsweek The smoke has finally cleared after last week's botched hostage rescue at the Nariman House Jewish center in Mumbai, but in some Israeli security circles, the sniping has started anew. Defense Minister Ehud Barak complained last week that...

UK plans to spend £500m in Pakistan to fight extremism 07 December 2008 BRITAIN is to spend nearly £500m on schools and hospitals in Pakistan in a bid to quell the extremist forces blamed for the attacks in Mumbai last month. Ministers will outline their plans in Glasgow this week to...

News just coming up in GEO that Brazile has approved sale of 100 (Air to surface) missiles to Pakistan... Any details ???

New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade 1 Dec 2008 The New York Times reported this week that the Taliban have cut back on poppy cultivation and is stockpiling opium, grossly overstating the group’s role in the Afghanistan drug trade. “Afghanistan has produced so much...